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mirthless, a.|ˈmɜːθlɪs|
[f. mirth n. + -less.]
Wanting in mirth, joyless; sad, dismal.
c1381Chaucer Parl. Foules 592 Daunsith he murye that is myrtheles. 1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 172 O mirthless muse of eloquence barayne. 1567Golding Ovid's Met. ix. (1593) 226 My colour pale, my bodie leane, my heavie mirthlesse cheere. 1627Drayton Sheph. Sirena 26 Whilst his gamesome cut-tayld Curre With his mirthlesse Master playes. a1800J. Warton Fashion 63 As mirthless infants, idling out the day, With wooden swords, or toothless puppies play. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre xi, It was a curious laugh; distinct, formal, mirthless. 1899Blackw. Mag. July 48/1 A circle of mirthless young men.
Hence ˈmirthlessly adv. Also ˈmirthlessness.
1890Clark Russell Ocean Trag. II. xxiv. 252 He laughed harshly and mirthlessly. 1727Bailey vol. II, Mirthlessness, sadness, melancholiness. |